Overall Green Forest fire alert in Central African Republic from 28 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 10 Feb 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (60571 ha) in Central African Republic 28 Jan 2023

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1011745
Countries:	Central African Republic
Start Date - Last detection*:	28 Jan 2023 - 10 Feb 2023
Duration (days):	13
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	60571 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

GDACS Score

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01 Feb 06:00 02 Feb 06:01 03 Feb 06:02 04 Feb 07:03 05 Feb 07:04 06 Feb 07:10 06 Feb 19:04 07 Feb 07:09 08 Feb 07:15 09 Feb 07:19 10 Feb 07:15 11 Feb 07:20

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	7955	01 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	11224	02 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	12887	03 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	15111	04 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	18875	05 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	24705	06 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	27740	06 Feb 2023 16:10	GWIS
8	0.5	31373	07 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	38504	08 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
10	0.5	46441	09 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
11	0.5	52637	10 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS
12	0.5	60571	11 Feb 2023 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Central African Republic , Prefecture of Mbomou (population 139,681) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mbomou	Central African Republic	140000 people
Haute-Kotto	Central African Republic	69000 people

Affected populated places

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Yalinga	AIG	602	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	74 km
Bakouma	BMF	500				0	118 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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